wandering
migratory
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,375 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,256 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- migratory also: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving a restless mobile societythe nomadic habits of the Bedouins
- of a path e.g. also: meandering, rambling, winding meandering streamsrambling forest paths
- having no fixed course also: erratic, planetary an erratic comethis life followed a wandering course
noun
- travelling about without any clear destination also: roving, vagabondage she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
wandering in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I spent those years wandering in many countries.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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An ugly smile was wandering upon M. Costeclar’s pale lips.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I chanced to come here after long wandering, and found a good place to sleep under this tree.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Now and then a single miner might be seen wandering alone at the entrance of their subterranean dwelling.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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It was his last day in London, previous to those years of wandering recorded in "The Twinkling of an Eye."
The Mark of the Beast · Sydney Watson · Chapter 1